J. D'ASCENSÁO GUIMARÃES: OROBANCHACEAS IÒ1 



perue parce (imo ut plurimum parcissime) squamosus, levitei* 

 striatus seu laevis, glanduloso-pilosus, siccus fuscas. 



Squamae erectae, oblongo-lanceolatae, io-25 mm. lougae, plus 

 minus glaudipiles. 



Spica cylindraceo-elougata, multi flora, rarius iu individais 

 miuoribus paucijlora, in ápice acumiuata vel rotundata, deusa, 

 iu médio et inferne plerumque laxijlora. Flores i3-22 mm. 

 longi, in tjpo erecto-p atentes, in formis lusitanis primum 

 erecto -patentes, serius hori\ontaliter patentes. 



Bracteae lanceolato-acuminataejlores superantes vel aequantes, 

 in médio deflexae, ibique saepe confractae, glanduloso-pilosae. 



Caleis partes in basi lanceolatae, rarius subovatae, infra mé- 

 dium fere usque ad basim inaequaliter bifidae, rarius subinte- 

 grae; dentes elongato-subulati, in ápice sub filiformes, triner- 

 vii, glanduloso-pilosi, sicci fusci, tubum corollae aequantes. 



Corolla tubulosa, vel in fauce subampliata, tota violácea 

 (Welwitsch), ochroleuca, faucem versus (praecipue in nervis) 

 violácea (Beck), sicca subalba, in lábio dilute fusca (in alie- 

 nigenis), vel tota fusca concolor (in indigenis), extus plus mi- 

 nus glanduloso-pilosa; linea dorsal is in basi curvata, in médio 

 subrecta, labium supernum versus curva, postea complanata 

 vel declivis, in ápice apiculo superimposito; labium supernum 

 siibintegrum, emarginatum vel bilobum, lobis pateníibus vel 

 rarius porrectis; infernum lobis subaequalibus, plicis magnis 

 separai is; omnes laciniae in margine glabrae, repando-cre- 

 nulatae, rarius inciso-crenulatae, rarissime denticulatae. 



Filamenta uni-subtrivenosa, 2-4 mm. supra basim corollae 

 hori^ontaliter vel suboblique inserta, inferne vel in médio 

 vel paulo superius (sicut corollae pars subjacens) copiose pilosa, 

 rarius parce pilosa, superne glanduloso-pilosa, parce glandi- 

 pilia vel glabra. Antherae longe mucronatae . 



Gérmen cylindraceum, vel subovatum. Stylus siccus filiformis, 

 elongalus, rarissime brevis, copiose glandipilis (in alienigenis) 

 vel inferne plerumque glaber aut perpaucis brevibusque pilis 

 glanduliferis obsitus, superne sub stigmate mine copiose ac 

 breviter, nunc parce et breviter glandipilis. Stigma lobis 

 hemisphaericis, subconjluentibus, rubris vel violaceis. 



